As the bloodbath in Syria reaches potentially new levels, and as the Syrian opposition asks for, and probably gets new weapons, the unasked question as to Western, most probably American influence in these events, should be raised.(more…)

The Eastern Mediterranean appears to becoming a political flashpoint, if the report is correct that NATO and Russia deploying increasing numbers of naval ships. The Russians have clear strategic interests at stake.(more…)

The Constitutional Court, before whom Egyptian President Morsi was sworn into office, had declared that the elected Parliament was invalid. Now the newly installed president has issued a decree to overturn that ruling. The game is afoot.(more…)

On one plane the attack on the Greens by the ALP power brokers in quite right. The reality of climate change does require urgent action within the next three electoral cycles and ideally within the next one.(more…)

Any excuse will do for the rites of celebration. Apparently the Higgs boson is a fundamental part of constructing the universe and reality and it looks as if it might just have crossed the boundary from theoretical construct to observed phenomena. If so this will be a very significant discovery.(more…)